Isolation and identification of aliphatic short-chain acylcarnitines from beef heart: possible role for carnitine in branched-chain amino acid metabolism.
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- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 74 (7) , 2795-2798
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.74.7.2795
Abstract
Aliphatic acylcarnitines isolated from a water-soluble fraction of beef heart were characterized by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. The following acyl residues derived from the acylcarnitine fraction were unequivocally identified: acetyl, propionyl, isobutyryl, butyryl, .alpha.-methylbutyryl, valeryl, isovaleryl, tiglyl and caproyl. .beta.-Methylcrotonyl and methacrylyl were tentatively identified. This occurrence of considerable quantities of branched-chain acylcarnitines indicates a role for carnitine in branched-chain amino acid metabolism.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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